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Meet The Ladies

There isn’t just one shade of brown, and no shade is better an the other. One of the oldest problems between black females is #teamlightskin vs. #teamdarkskin. In today's society we’ve gotten better about praising and accepting darker skinned girls but dark skin is still not seen as beautiful. To often darker skinned girls don’t feel pretty because society has been putting them down . It’s gotten to the point where males of color don’t even accept darker skinned girls. They think the lighter you are the prettier you’ll look next to them. We see this problem in our school in the African American community and beyond. For the love of brown girls is a project by three colored girls who wanted to speak on a topic that no one wants to talk about. We interviewed females and males of color and asked them how they really feel about their own race and skin color. Follow our journey as we looked deeper into what’s really going on in the black community.

Joie

Joie N. Nearn is a High School senior at Science Leadership Academy. She is extremely involved in her schools community. Being the Co-chair & President of her schools Student Activities Committee, also the Secretary of her schools National Honor Society Chapter.

Joie aspires to be a High school teacher, giving back to the youth.

Imani

Imani M. Weeks is a High School senior at Science Leadership Academy. She is very involved in dance and the arts. She was the founder of the SLA Girls dance team and strives to teach girls the importance of over sexualizing themselves in dance.

Imani has big dreams of being a Professional Sports Athletic Trainer, and being a legend.

Sydne

Sydne M. Hopkins is a High School senior at Science Leadership Academy. She is well involved in the sports programs including girls soccer, and managing boys baseball. Known as mama bear in school she is always prepared (with snacks) for what the school throws at her.​Sydne has ambitions on becoming a Doctor saving the lives of the people in her community

Mr. Block: English Teacher

Reading, Writing and Raising Up isn't just your typical high school english class. It teaches kids the power of the Written Word and Social Justice. Mr.Block encourages students to stop belittling themselves and to speak on real world problems. Our project was originally inspired by the book “On the Run FUGITIVE LIFE IN AN AMERICAN CITY” by Alice Goffman. After many discussions about life on the run and problems in philadelphia we came across a common problem that all three of the ladies experienced which is light skin over dark skin. Over time we wanted to know how others felt about this and that’s how the project began.